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I did 600lbs RAW at 259lbs at a gym bench press contest. At the time my workouts went:

135x20, 225x15, 315x10 warm-ups then 405x6-8, 495x3-5 and if I felt like going for it 585x1....so one day I got 2 with that and entered the contest and got 600lbs RAW and drug free baby. At the time I was squatting only 500lbsx2-3 reps LOL so it was funny. Bench press was my gift from above - and now my curse as I need a complete shoulder replacement surgery I use to behind the neck shoulder press 315 for reps

Thanks...my shoulders are paying the price NOW though LOL Man, when I think back to how much I could bench it blows my mind. It was my "gifted lift"....I believe we ALL have a gifted lift...one that comes very easy and you can put up big numbers. Be it squats, or bench or even pushdowns or chins....we all have that one easy lift. Mine was bench press...I could bench 250lbs for 3x10 when I was 17 my first year of serious training, now I need a complete shoulder replacement surgery. Is it from all the heavy benching? probably....but I also use to do lots of dips, behind the neck shoulder presses AND behind the neck pulldowns (hey it was the late 80's early 90's and we didn't know any better LOL)....so those probably messed me up too.

4 so far. The place I go now, after going to others first, is called Sports Medicine Specialists and they are the Toronto Maple Leafs team doctors, some Toronto Argonaut Football players go there, Varisty blues (university level football/hockey) so they know how to deal with athletes. I had an MRI done 3 years ago and it was BAD then. I've had a scope done by one of Canada's top surgeons specializing in shoulders and kness and that's where the real damage was spotted. I will say though that I've successfully kept the surgery at bay for 3 years and I'm in great shape and feeling great training 3-4 times/week....I just can't press heavy...so what right.